I'm trying to install MySQL on a windows XP system. I just want to work with it a little on my computer, before I try to upload anything and use it on my website.

The problem is that I'm trying to install it on my D:\ drive. (which is where all of my internet files are). So I found that I need to add a my.cnf file to the installation folder. Which i do. Windows XP then recognizes this file as a "speeddial" file, and gives me no extension after the name. There is another file "my-example" which I also assume is a ".cnf" file extension, but neither of these can I view or edit. When I try to run the file, I don't get anything. So I open up my command prompt, and it doesn't even recognize that mysql folder even exists.

So... trying to run it through a DOS prompt, After I type
"D:\mysql\bin\mysqld" then I try "D:\mysql\bin\mysql -u root",
the message that I get is:

Error 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on "local host" (10061)

of course, when I try to move to the "D:\mysql" folder in a DOS prompt, it
doesn't even find that it's there. Just says the file/folder is unrecognized.

Hopefully this is specific enough of my problem. I've already edited the .ini
file to show that I'm in the D drive. And I've checked the registry, and the path to mysql is correct. So I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks -
Doug Malcore
doug@dougNOSPAMmalcore.com